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June 10th - June 16th, 2007
WEEKLY UPDATES FROM FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
~Francis Scott Key, The Star-Spangled Banner
Flag Day, June 14, 2007
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right,
he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.
Charles Wadworth
Happy Father’s Day!
SUMMER SWITCH
Update June 10, 2007: Over the summer, Facilities Management Building Service Workers will switch from picking up the trash to picking up the recyclables when spaces are cleaned. After the “summer switch” was reported in last week’s ClipBoard, FM received numerous calls. Following is further information on the changes:
Since 90% of trash can be recycled, emptying the recycling bins will not only provide a higher level of service to FM customers; hopefully, it will promote recycling.
The program will actually begin the week of June 18, 2007. Reminder e-mails will be sent the week of June 11, 2007.
Currently, recycling is emptied by the department into larger containers in the hallways. These containers will now be receptacles for office trash. New liners will be placed in the bottom of each trash can as the Building Service Workers empty the recycling.
Any time trash items are placed in with recyclables, the container is considered contaminated and everything in it becomes trash. A notice will be left when this occurs. Any problems or questions should be forwarded to Steve Brandenburg at 2069.
It is hoped that building occupants who share space will be considerate of each other and empty their trash regularly, especially when the trash might have an…aroma, shall we say? Naturally, all food trash is being deposited in the food trash container, so food should not be a problem. Simple cooperation and consideration should make the transition a success.
IN MEMORY
Campus flags flew at half-staff on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, in memory of Army SPC Francis M. Trussell, United States Army, 21, of Lincoln, IL, killed May 26, 2007, in the war in Iraq.
Campus flags flew at half-staff on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, to also honor Pfc. Robert A. Liggett, United States Army, 23, of Urbana, IL, killed in the war in Iraq on May 29, 2007.
MODIFICATION ORDER PROJECTS
Several projects are underway as Modification projects. A new office is being created in the Graduate Studies area. A Physiology Lab is being created from an existing classroom in the Vadalabene Center; it will serve as a testing center and meeting room for study participants. Print and Design is being relocated from the main level of the Morris University Center to the upper level in the former Opapi Lounge. Union Station will be modified later this summer to expand the number of refrigerated units. Two large classrooms, one in Peck Hall and one in Alumni Hall, will have the existing tablet arm chairs removed, and new stepped tiers will be installed, in addition to fixed tables with pedestal swing seats. One room will angle each end portion of the tables to better view the professor.
NEW CHEMISTRY LABS
Update June 10, 2007: The contractors are working towards a first of August completion date. Electric panels have arrived and are being installed; the remainder of the electrical rough-in is complete. The mechanical contractor should complete installation of duct work early next week. Delivery of the roof-top unit is scheduled for Tuesday; it will be installed right away. The major mechanical work will be finished next week; only the installation of ceiling diffusers and grilles and final connections to the duct system will remain. Other materials are scheduled for delivery in time for their installation.
EAST ST. LOUIS HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER (ESLHEC)
Update June 10, 2007: Several issues were resolved to allow continuation of the replacement window installation. A new room schedule has been worked out with the administration; most classrooms needed for summer school will have new windows already installed. Some finish work and painting may be done during off hours after school starts next week.
A project to renovate the exterior brickwork with tuckpointing was given to contractors to bid. The bid also includes crack repair, sidewalk replacement, enclosure of Building A stairwells to improve circulation, and a new metal roof on the sloped portion of Building C. Bids are due in Springfield for this CDB project on June 21, 2007.
One more project is replacement of the ceiling in the cafeteria of Building B. Previously, the exhaust fan at the hood had to be replaced. Repairs to the flashing on the vertical wall (leaks had damaged the ceiling tile) await the beginning of the exterior improvements package. Once the flashing is repaired, the ceiling can be replaced. However, partial replacement may proceed, leaving the water damaged area until the roof flashing is repaired.
ADA PROJECT
Update June 10, 2007: Work has resumed on the elevator addition at Building 8280 in Alton. Architects have resolved most of the problems and discrepancies in their drawings and given the contractor sufficient answers to allow him to proceed. The architect is working to resolve the remaining questions on the addition and at Dunham Hall. Fire alarm installation in the Vadalabene Center is proceeding with minor problems which require answers from the architects and engineers. Fortunately, the problems are not serious and include more questions about clarification than “how to.”
SCIENCE BUILDING
Update June 10, 2007: The committee recommended locating the new facility on the west side of the existing Science Building, and the location was reviewed and approved at the Chancellor’s Council. Architects who studied the location north of the building determined that, plan wise as well as site-wise, the west location was best. The new facility is currently being studied for connections with the existing Science Building office wing, and would permit the existing dock and related driveway as well as the existing greenhouse to remain. The location would allow the dock for the new building to use the same service road as the existing Science Building dock.
A college professor and her students have challenged the prevailing wisdom of the so-called 5-second rule, which for generations has governed how long little morsels can remain on floors uncontaminated.
The window, the Connecticut team has concluded, is really 30 seconds.
"We wanted to look at a real-world situation," said Anne Bernhard, assistant professor of biology at Connecticut College in New London, noting the difference between her team's work and that of an earlier researcher. In 2003, Jillian Clarke was a high school intern at the University of Illinois when she confirmed the 5-second rule after painstakingly coating floor tiles with E. coli, then dropping gummy bears and cookie pieces onto them. Most people, however, do not smear their floors with E. coli, Bernhard said. And therein lies her "real-world" research.
She and students Molly Goettsche and Nicole Moin chose the college's busy cafeteria as a test area. And instead of gummy bears and cookie pieces, Bernhard and the students chose apple slices and Skittles. "The students wanted two different types of food sources: a wet source and one that was a dry food source, to test any differences," Bernhard said. "You would think that a wet food source would be more likely to attract bacteria very quickly."
Each food item was dropped in triplicate for specific intervals that ranged from 5 seconds to 5 minutes. "We did this experiment in the main dining area, and about 2,000 students traffic through that area," Moin said Wednesday. "So you'd think there would be a multitude of bacteria on the floor."
In the first set of tests, moist apple slices were dropped. And what researchers saw after 5 seconds were pristine morsels. Not until the 1-minute interval did they find bacteria developing on the apple slices. It took 5 minutes for organisms to colonize a Skittle.
The conclusion, Bernhard said, is that instead of a 5-second rule for moist foods that have fallen, the standard should be 30 seconds: As long as you eat a moist food within 30 seconds of its fall, you're very likely to be in a zone of safety. For dry, less porous foods, she added, you might be safe even if you allow them to stay on the floor for 1 minute.
Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/living/chi-dropped_foodjun08,1,2005672.story?coll=chi-news-hed
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NUMBERS
Temperature Control, Work Order Control, Maintenance Calls/650-3711
Building Services (Custodial)/650-2067
Customer Service/650-3711
Key Control/650-3200
Utilities & Energy Management/650-3329
Grounds/650-2719
Director/650-2560
Billing Inquiries/650-3161
East St. Louis Higher Education Campus/874-8716
IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS
Architects/Engineers:
Rick Klein/3575
Mohammad Rouf/3917
Dan Runyon/3349
Don Anderson/2567
Billing:
Alicia Wainright/3161
Operational Managers:
Janice LaRiviere/3804 (Maintenance)
Steve Brandenburg/2069 (Building Services, Grounds)
Ed Matecki/3329 or 2258 (Utilities)
Customer Service/Facilities Management /Phone: 618-650-3711
Facilities Management Fax: 618-650-2595
After hours/week-end building problems/3513
As always, for maintenance concerns, temperature problems, or to place a work order, phone extension 3711.